Help Identifying my Bass

[Rizzstix]

I’ve had this bass for about 20 years (since the mid 90s) but I could never tell who made it. I always thought it said Jon Tracy but I could never find anything about that name. There is no serial number and no other identifying info. I’ve had the whole thing part after cleaning up smoke damage from a fire a few years ago. Help!?!

 

[Rizzstix]

Sorry, the images posted twice.

 

[Reedt2000]

I don't recognize it all but now I'm super curious!

 

[Yorick]

Reminds me of a Dean headstock.

 

[bholder]

Reminds me of a Dean headstock.

Yeah, or maybe an old Aria Pro II or something. I'm guessing it's a refinish and the name is that of a previous owner (the refinisher).

 

[Rizzstix]

Really? I haven’t seen a Dean with a five piece neck or body.

 

[bholder]

Really? I haven’t seen a Dean with a five piece neck or body.

The headstock shape is longer and narrower and more even at the tips than the Dean, I think, that's why I'm guessing Aria. Maybe scouring through some old 80s catalogs would find a match.

 

[Rizzstix]

Haven’t seen any Aria Pro 2s with that headstock either.

 

[bholder]

Hmmm, maybe not looks like the Aria headstocks had a bit of a "wiggle" between the tips of the headstock:

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[bholder]

I'm sure I've seen that headstock before, though, just not sure what name it goes with. Maybe Cort or Washburn or something.

 

[bass40hz]

Thats an Ibanez body if I ever saw one...

 

[br1qbat]

The body is ibanez SR-esque but not quite the same. Stumped. . . Where did you get it?

 

[Rizzstix]

It was a gift. I believe it came from a small music shop in upstate NY. May have been new but probably secondhand. It wasn’t worn much when I got it though.

 

[johnson79]

I'm thinking a modified Cort or something from the Cort factory at least. Looks like a refinish and maybe a modified headstock shape?

 

[bholder]

maybe a modified headstock shape?

...starting to think that myself - one of the Ibanez shapes isn't too far off from that, if you deepen the dip with a saw or file...

 

[johnson79]

...starting to think that myself - one of the Ibanez shapes isn't too far off from that, if you deepen the dip with a saw or file...

Cort has/had some basses nearly identical to the Ibanez SR. Only thing really off is the knob placement.
And that nut...

 

[4dog]

5 string bass..all i got!

 

[nilorius]

I would define the pickups first, then move foreward.

 

[TNCreature]

I wish I could see the signature more clearly

 

[Wfrance3]

A nice looking one....